Vice President, Product Management, DPMS

Carestream Dental; United States; On-site; USD 150,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading dental technology company is seeking a VP of Product for their Sensei Dental Practice Management Software. This high-impact leadership role involves overseeing a $100M+ portfolio, driving strategic vision, and leading the migration of legacy systems to cloud platforms. Candidates should have extensive experience in SaaS product leadership and a proven ability to build and mentor high-performing teams. The role offers the opportunity to influence a significant portion of the dental technology market, focusing on innovation and operational excellence.

Qualifications

• 10–15 years of progressive product leadership experience within a SaaS environment.
• 5+ years in a senior people leadership role, managing teams.
• Proven track record of managing a product portfolio exceeding $50M.

Responsibilities

• Define and execute the long-term product vision for the Sensei DPMS suite.
• Manage the $100M+ product portfolio to maximize ROI.
• Build, mentor, and scale a high-performing product team.

Skills

Strategic Visionary

Change Agent

Leadership Skills

Operational Excellence

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Business, Computer Science, or related field

MBA or relevant Master’s degree

Job description

Overview

The VP of Product for the Sensei Dental Practice Management Software (DPMS) unit is a high-impact leadership role responsible for the strategic vision, roadmap, and execution of our flagship SaaS portfolio. Managing a product line valued at $100M+, you will lead a team of product managers to deliver world-class clinical and business solutions for dental practices. This role is pivotal in driving our digital transformation, specifically overseeing the migration of a massive legacy install base into modern, scalable cloud environments.

Responsibilities

• Portfolio Strategy: Define and execute the long-term product vision for the Sensei DPMS suite, ensuring it remains the market leader in the dental practice management segment.
• P&L Ownership: Manage the $100M+ product portfolio, making data-driven decisions on resource allocation, pricing, and lifecycle management to maximize ROI.
• Team Leadership and Scaling: Build, mentor, and scale a high-performing product team, providing coaching to Product Directors and Managers to foster growth.
• Cloud Transformation: Architect and lead the strategic transition of legacy on-premise customers to cloud-native SaaS solutions.
• Agile Leadership: Foster a high-velocity development culture centered on fast, iterative agile releases and continuous discovery.
• AI Strategy & Product Intelligence: Identify and integrate generative and predictive AI capabilities into the DPMS workflow to automate clinical charting, enhance diagnostic accuracy, and optimize practice revenue cycles.
• Data-Driven Roadmap Optimization: Leverage AI-driven analytics and machine learning models to automate backlog scoring (e.g., RICE or Kano models powered by sentiment analysis) and build dynamic, predictive product roadmaps.
• Operational AI Implementation: Use AI tools to analyze massive datasets from legacy systems, identifying migration patterns and user behaviors to streamline the transition to the cloud.
• Stakeholder Alignment: Collaborate with Sales, Marketing, and Engineering to ensure product-market fit and seamless go-to-market execution.

Key / Critical Competencies

• Strategic Visionary: Ability to see the "big picture" of the healthcare tech landscape and pivot strategies accordingly.
• Change Agent: Proven experience leading large-scale technical and cultural shifts within a product organization.
• Operational Excellence: Expert-level understanding of SaaS metrics (ARR, Churn, CAC) and agile frameworks.
• Leadership Skills: Demonstrated ability to build, lead, and mentor high-performing, diverse product teams.

Required & Preferred Skills

• Required: 10–15 years of progressive product leadership experience within a SaaS environment.
• Required: 5+ years in a senior people leadership role, managing teams.
• Required: Proven track record of managing a product portfolio exceeding $50M.
• Required: Deep expertise in managing fast-paced agile release cycles.
• Preferred: Direct experience in Healthcare IT or Dental Practice Management Software.
• Preferred: Specific experience navigating the technical and commercial complexities of legacy-to-cloud migrations.

Education

• Required: Bachelor’s Degree in Business, Computer Science, or a related field.
• Preferred: MBA or relevant Master’s degree.

Travel

• 10% domestic